haha..anyways... nth much to sya abt yesterday.. i was pretty stressed out abt EWS project coz it was not in tune with the project focus... so i had to redo the whole thingy...
k so today went through it.. ok lahz..not the best but at least its over also.. so went down to see the band for a while today..
after that Li Hong, Ee Hern, Han Yang, Jian Jun and myself went to visit ManNing at the hospital.. Gosh! if u realised, they all have chinese names! will so we waited for bus 12.. which took forever to wait for... Wad was funny was it dint even go anywhere near Changi Hosital... and so we got down at Expo. K so we managed to find another bus to connect nearthe hospital... and so we walked when we got near by..
Finally we got to the Room and k, crapped with manNing and stuff. she had an infected Leg .. so stil in the midst of finding out wads the problem.. Chelsea and some her other friends were there also but left after a while. And Dearest Xue Ying came.. all blur abt hw to come. haha...
k, so we had dinner at KFC at eastpoint then came home...
So actually, i have some exciting... dunno if good or bad lahz.. but i know i shouldnt say it publicly now.. give me a few days and i will say k.. if u really want to know then ask me personally k.. haha...
Oh yah, surprised call from Dickson this afternooN! k, i was so delighted lahs! ok, i am going to act gay now... i was so happy he called lah!..haha... i have been to "bored" withoout my best friend lor! he is alright in camp. still slack as how i mentioned b4..no running and stuff lo..haha... oh wells.. good for him lo..haha..
.Wednesday, January 30, 2008 ' 12:40 am
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hey all
i was suppose to blog just now... but busy with something. k.. so the long awaited question i was suppose to say to "HER" was finally said! haha.... today! haha
and the responds at the end was an APPROVAL! wohoo!! u can ask me personally wad it is abt! if u dun then u will never find out! haha
so today after school went to hai sing to help out.. the band seemed a bit funny today. like there is something wrong with the playing or something...
yah LiHong was actually right abt their tone....Oh wells.. Mrs Chua will be back soon. yeah! We all miss her a lot manz!
k, so was msging Dickson just now.. the more i talk to him abt how army is like.. i am getting confused abt how it is really like in BMT lo...haha... well onli way is for me to find out lo..
k, so tml i gotta wake up at 63o coz lessons start at 9..so gotta leave early early... means 5 hours of sleep! ah!!! k.. gonna sleep now.. will update more tml lo..
.Monday, January 28, 2008 ' 8:57 pm
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hey all
Today went to school at noon for project... after that.. we had some funny arrangment for Econs tutorial...First, every group was suppose to see him personally to get our project results... pretty avrage this time round.,, then after had tutorial... he was late la... so we ended on the dot at 4..whithout finishing the whole tutorial..
k, so guilty me, i dint go for stats tutorial... closer to the exams and i feel like slacking more...
on the contrary, the more days come by towards the exams, i feel more convicted by my dicision.... still yet to tell her abt it. was abt to just now...but the environment dint seem right for me to tell her.. so i will try later... hopefully it will be out ! if nt then i will be pushing this for another day again..
k, so i stole this backgound song from Halif's blog..haha.. well i think it sounds pretty nice..
Was down at hai sing to see the sec 1s.. haha..i know i know.. i wasnt suppose to be there.. but i was! so sue me! haha... They seem ok, but of coz first sessions for all sec 1s are always quiet... I hope this batch is promising!
.Sunday, January 27, 2008 ' 11:59 pm
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heys again..
k, not sure wad to blog... but i was almost on the verge of asking her! for those who have seen my msn nick
[Joni] i'm gonna be brave & ask her tml night - are ur words cursive bcoz u just want to get back at someone?wads ur real motive? - i have made up my mind... now its a matter of confirmation with the higher side...
haha..yah.. that one... those hu know hu...good for u..those hu dunno... "bu neng suo de mimi" haha..
k, maybe i will try tml..
so my friend still hasnt accepted me on msn! ah! so i dun even know her name! ah! k, HSCband sec 1s are coming in tml.. too bad i cant go see them.. soon bah!..
k, so got in contct with dickson a bit...so far so good for him.. he misses everyone..yup... seems like a holiday camp for him so far sia.. haha.. well. i guess the real training comes in a few weeks lo..haha...
. ' 11:00 pm
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hey all...
i extracted this from Abby's blog... some pretty funny de..hhaha.. my comments in italics BELOW EACH STATEMENT..
just some Chirdstian Catch phrases... guys, u might wanna try this on the girls u wanna woo.. hmm.. maybe i should try..haha..
1) i just dont feel called to celibacy, do you? I HOPE NOT!
2) for you i would slay two Goliaths
3) i would go through more than Job for you
4) you are so unblemished that i would sacrifice you
5) shall we tithe? K I DUN GET THIS
6) the word says 'Give drink to those who are thirsty, and feed the hungry'; how about dinner? WHAHAAHAHA
7) i believe one of my ribs belongs to you TRUE!
8) my spiritual gifts is my good looks... it lifts peoples spirits (alot of megalifers already use a variation of this methinks!) (COPIED FROM ABBY)
9) is this the transfiguration? because you are glowing
10) john bevere takes up 35% of my ipod memory
11) bible gateway happens to be my homepage
12) can i buy you a non-alcoholic beverage?
13) whats an xbox? DIAO...
14) i'm one of the fortunate ones.. greek and hebrew come pretty easily to me (wahaha)
15) now i know why Solomon had 700 wives... because he never met you (LOL)
16) why dont i have a bible dictionarY? well, i dont really need it
17) you put the 'cute' back in persecution
18) how many times do i have to walk around you to make you fall for me? (HAHAHA)
19) how would you like to join my Purpose Driven Life (ahahaha!)
20) if you say no, i'm going ot tear my clothes, get in my sackcloth and rub dust into my head SIA LAH..! SO DRAMATIC
21) so, my parents are home, you wanna come over? SO GUAI!>..opps..
22) let me remove my sandals before i come any closer (!!) haha.. coz its holy ground..
23) lets say, hypothetically, you were married. i would send your husband to the front line against the Amorites (in this case, beware because the sword will never leave your household! haha)
24) its obvious to me that you sprouted from the good kinda soil haha...sounds a bit chessy..
25) you can lie at my feet
26) if i had to choose between a romantic date with you or a night with the fellas.. i would sit at home and read my bible how is this a catch line??
27) welcome to the Christian family... the only family where brothers and sisters can marry each other (haha!)
28) i'm a proverbs 32 kidna guy and you're a proverbs 31 kinda woman
29) i'm interested in full time ministry, and not only that.. i also play the guitar
30) if we were around with noah.. then you, me... pair good one!
31) not a big fan of your last name, but tt's cool, i can change that duh.. if u get married to me that is... hmm.but wait...u will be called MRS OH!
32) i consider myself to be a fisher of men, this would be referred to as 'casting my net'
33) it would be my honor to present you spotless on the last day
34) Me. You. Song of Songs: the remix
35) when i read Phil 4:8, i think about you
36) look, u're nearly 22. most Christians are 3 years into marriage by now.. just settle for me
37) you make the Queen of Sheba look like a hobo (HAHAHA)
38) i've familiarised myself with all 5 love languages, in fact, i invented 4 of them
39) have you died before? because that looks like a resurrection body to me HMM...SEEMS LIKE SHE IS DEAD!
40) all i'm looking for is a Godly woman. i dont care that your'e not attractive
41) do you need prayer? because i'm certainly willing to lay hands on you WA!TAKE ADVANTAGE ONLI HOR
42) i will never give your Reason to hammer a tent peg through my skull
43) i predicted David over Goliath.. now i'm betting on you and me EWW...HOW CAN U RELATE THIS!
44) if you were staying for the tribulation, i would consider staying too.. but then i probably wouldn't be around (resident of ego ave) 45) if you were a leper, i woudl still hold your hand.. even if it wasn't attached
.Saturday, January 26, 2008 ' 3:18 pm
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hey all...
just pop by home for a short while now so can blog
k morning woke up and went for alumni band prac.. we went through Overture Jublioso, john Williams and glasnost... ok lahz. then we read habitat..lol... k. so feeling tried coz we tried playing Overture on actual tempo.. and my hands ached quite a bit conducting.. i gotta practice man! or else concert sure die..
k, so went for electone prac after that then bought lunch at white sands..now at home.. waiting for time to pass so i can go for service and cell later...
i think i must have scaled my tongue or something. it really hurts.. i couldnt eat well from thursday till now..and playing my bassoon just now was painful.. i wont be going for West winds prac later, tml onli...
k, i kinda miss my buddy... i know its onli 2 days.. but it feel different. coz we would usually sms.. especially the routine on sats...like once b4 alumni band, and a few after band.. and a few after my electone prac... and it will go on until after my cell(or during west winds prac) and now my handphone is taking a good sat break...
man! tml service, i think i will be the onli guy from the M2 side lehs... thats for 2 weeks lo... gosh the girls sure bully me..haha. we see how..haha..
oh yah.. i was thinking a lot abt that girl i saw yest de...dunno why... hmms.. weird... my friend hasnt accepted me on MSN yet.. so no chance on connecting yet... i sound obsest..haha..no la i am not..lol.
. ' 12:15 am
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hey all
thursday, went to ManNing's for lunch.. she specially cooked for me.. haha.. dunno if it was initialy a good thing.. coz i was her cooking guniea pig.ok so she cooked yong tow fu kway teow. it was good..haha.. but a lot of funny jokes abt her cooking! haha... Dickson and jasmine were online asking how the food was...jasmine thought maybe she added washing powder in it! haha... Lucky no after effects! haha. ManNing, the housewife in the making..haaha..
k, so after lunch MN and I went to hai sing... we went to KPO at the O level results... school did ok i guess.. just surpried with how the sec 5s did....
k so after went to help with the band prac... i took the brasses for mass section prac and a few other Alumni helped with th percussion and woodwind.. and combine at the end..
So aftr, MN and I left and we were suppose to go to Bedok 85 for dinner.. so we took a bus and Dickson met us halfway.. finally met jasmine there...
k, so we had a feast lo.. at the hawker center there lo... this was wad we ordered... haha...(rememebr its for 4 ppl)... 4 bowls of Bak Chor mee(3small and jasmine took a large), 1 bowl of porridge, 1 hokkien mee, 10piece chicked wing, white carrot cake, dunno hw many otah, 6 cups of sugar cane and 1 pepsi. thats a lot k! haha... but it was nice lo.. we were there to treat dickson for his farewell...
k, so we wanted to chill at a coffee house, so we walked to find a busstop to go to tamp mall.. settled at starbucks... i had my mocha ice blend as usual.. dickson bought us drinks since we paid for dinner..
k, today, had school as per normal..Spoke to dickson, coz he was going into army today...yah lo.. i think they cant even bring charger in sia! and of coz MP3 is not allowed too...lol..well i will miss my best buddy for a long time man! maybe it may be a blessing in disguise also.. so that i have my evenings and nights to study intead of talking to him all the time..haha...ah! my crapping buddy is gone!(well for 7 weeks!)
after school, ZX,jian Hui, Elieen and I went to town..went to funnan to check something out.. then went to sommerset cinelesuire...went the the hong kong restaurant for dinner.. haha so cute lo.. Elieen and jian hui shared a baked rice meal together and desert together also.. so couplish sia! haha.. too bad the pictures dint come out nicely of them! sigh...
k so after we went to watch a movie.. 27 dresses.. not bad lahz...partial comedy-romance. wonder when i will get married..haha..k, so after we went to some coffee house for coffee(duh...) k so i wanted to go back coz i have along day tml.. the 3 of them wanted to TON the whole night lo.. so we left abt 10+ and they took a bus to ECP and i went home..haha...
k..this is usually not me... but when i got on the train(green-line) on the way back to pasir ris... a girl caught my attention..haha.. man.. she was pretty, pretty... haha...surprised? haha,. yes i am the same jonathan.. okok, guilty jon here.. yes i was checking her out...opps.. haha..yah i think she sorta knew i gave glances at her... but she would turn away to her friends.. same her, i would turn and look out of the door... then it suddenly came to me.. how do u ask a girl for her number or ask her out when u both dun even know each other.. a bit weird rite? then wouldnt u be like just going for her looks? opps(k so i am a culprit now?) and i was thinking, if onli i knew hu she was or something...
she was with a group of girls... and she got down at simei...and guess wad... when tampines was approachig, her friends (hu had their backs facing me througout) turned to go out soon.. and i saw one of my sec school friend, though she dint see me, but at least now i know there is some connection i have to that girl! haha... wonder if its fate? lol... ok, i am thinking too much.. haha i think i sound a bit despo now... but i am not ok! haha.
hmm.. i should at least find out her name! haha....
.Wednesday, January 23, 2008 ' 9:12 pm
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It is over...
just like that...
i am almost speechless... Kenrick, we love u, and u will forever be in our hearts k...I just cant phantom u are really gone now...i really hope u had a friutful and meaningful 17+ years on this Earth. As we met and our friendship blossemed, we did have a good time as friends... I will surely miss that.
At 430pm today, i got the msg...i was already mentally prepared, for the due time was at 3pm... as i sucked in the news, my heart was not ready... i stepped away and just wept...it finally came, and i just dint know wad to do...
I stood at the edge of the prarpet leaning agaist the balcony railing, and cried.
ken, i really dunno wad to say now.. but i just wished i could have said goodbye. If u were still around, i would have really live to let u hear this song
but now where ever u are, this is my prayer for u...
u know wad, as i look at ur offline msn nick...i just breakdown... "°n地˜狱˜[H|u|N|T|e|R| | X |]˜之˜火n°I realli want to recover to play badminton....- one siao MC that last 3 months.....
u really wanted to get better and play badminton again...i really wished i could have done something to help...in any way...
now that your gone... i pray u are happy k. Rest in peace my friend. love u...
.Tuesday, January 22, 2008 ' 11:37 pm
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Hey all,
i am gonna blog now and go off soon....erm.. its been a long and tough day for me and many others... cant stop thinking abt kenrick now.
His due time was eventually pushed to 6pm.. but finally his parents decided to tml. the anxious wait for me was killing me.. i was just waiting for some update but i know i am not ready to hear anything bad... how how!
i think i am beaating up myself over this quite a bit.. pls dun blame me, he is my friend k...and i understand wad i means to lose a friend... its really tough when u know u are never going to see someone anymore...
I am still sad since my best pal Aaron died in June.. its not been easy to find a friend like him... he was a good pal man... one of a kind...
"God i pray out of desperation that u help kenrick pull through, in these final moments before they pull the plug, God only u can make a miracle happen o God. Only u can creat a wonder for everyone and thus show ur mercy and goodness on people's lives. God i ask that u heal Kenrick Jesus name...Amen"
I really want to hear better news in the morning tml.. will update...
. ' 11:40 am
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hey all
i had a restless night.... i decided not to have a late night so i went to lye on on my bed and try to sleep.. But i couldnt sleep, Kenrick was on my mind a lot...i just couldnt phantom the fact that there is a possiblility i am going to lose a friend in an unnatural way. for those hu dunno, Kenrick had a brain infection and was on MC for 3 months, unfortunately, his brain became stagnent. recently, and they gave him until 10am today or they will turn off the machine which is supporting his life
Remember i said i bought a book yesterday? yah, title is "The power of a praying teen" though i dint start to read it yet, i wanted to believe the title anyway.. so all i could do in my "cannot go to sleep mood" was just to pray... as i started, wait, i just dint know how to start.. i mean, we all wish for him to wake up but in my dwindling faith i though wad are the odds now...
I just lost a good buddy in June last year to a burst brain vessel coz of an inflamed sinusities tissue (the thing i am suffering from now[the inflamed tissue thingy]) anf of coz that totall freaked me off of coz, i mean something like that can happen to me! and within 6 months, another friend in a life-needing situation...
I thought long and hard.. and i just talked to God "and partial prayer"... I manly prayed for his family and for Kenrick too... it was tough to pray for this kind of things... I really hate it when something like this happens....
ok, i admit, i sort of argued with God y must someone of his age go through this now.. i mean he should live thorugh this experience, he is onli coming 18 and has a whole life ahead of him to influence and be influenced.
Today came and i was just as anxious. I decided to take the train today and managed to start reading my new book. covered the front part and the first module chapter. was really insightful... but Ken was still on the back of my mind.. 9 am passed and i thought ,"1 more hour left"...
at 10 there was still no news, no one called or smsed...rachel onli had news that he hasnt pulled through at 8 am.. i was getting worried...Ee hern went to see him at the hospital... and was updated a bit... Ken's parents decided to delay the due time and is still not sure how long it would take.
I really wish i could feel for the parents, and many would not know what they are going through.. to have to sdee ur own son, ur flesh and blood lying there in a helpless state and no one can do anything but to hope he fights for his life.. wad more to consent to pulling the plug...
Its about 12noon now and i still havent got any news yet... my first lecture was horrid becaue i couldnt concentrate...and now in the lab blogging waiting for time to pass...
"Dear God, whatever that may happen today, i pray that u have the right and most promising plans for everyone. God, let your will be done. I pray for peace in the lives for Kenrick's family and friends as they are in this grieving situation. Father, let ur hand be upon the precious lives here..."
.Monday, January 21, 2008 ' 10:08 pm
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Hey all..
Woke up early today... suppose to meet my Econs Group at 930 in the morning..was stuck at pasir ris mrt coz of the breakdown... and dint want to wait for the shuttle(which was taking ages to come).. so i cabbed down to school again...haha... guilty...haha..
k, so met everyone to do the last part of our project...Decided to do a puppetry... it was a bit screwed up..nvm its done.. lucky tutor was satisfied with it..
k, so after went to eat lunch...i was super hungry, and it was abt 3+ le..haa...k so i dint feel like going for lecture.. i was having a a bit of headache and a bit feverish le... dunno why also...ok, i know partially y, but i guess that dint really add to y i was feeling a bit sick
k, so i really just needed to get out.. the school just felt so stuffy to me..was feeling trapped and congested...so i went off.. was thinking of just going home.. but decided to meet Dickson at suntec. he was on a christian bookshop hunt.. will more of a study Bible hunt.. haha.. so we went to The Rock Bookshop.. nth really there..
so we just walked back, realised Life bookshop there is now converted to an OP shop.. So we just walked through marina Square and to the MRT.. decided to drop at Simei to the bookshop there.. k, so i thought the variety of stuff there was not too bad... i bought a book there which i think would be really good for me.. Dickson also managed to consider on 2 or 3 types he was looking for... so we decided to go to tamp mall life bookshop.. k, spent some time there also.. Found out life bookshop closes down tml! today was the last day! ah!!!!so sad lo..
k, so we went to Century square to see mount zion, there were more study versions there.. but they were pretty expensive de... k, so after we went back...
k came home and heard some pretty sad news about my friend Kenrick...We pray for a miracle tml! we will miss u dear friend.. will be always remembered...
k, so tml wont be going for my afternoon class, onli for my lecture coz i have an appointment with my Chiropracter...so i will be missing the Business software lesson again... darn...
k, will try to update tml k.. seeya..
.Sunday, January 20, 2008 ' 11:50 pm
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hey all..
k, its sunday night... i am Chionging Econs project with submission and presentation is due tml! So jian Hui is editing some stuff now, so i shall blog...
Morning wokr up for service and met Dickson, Shi Ping.. then went for lunch with Doria also... Went to Lerk Thai...k, so we sat and chatted and stuff....
so rushed down for West Winds prac after that, prac was alright today, i guess i am just a bit tired also...
then came back and parents brought me and my sis for Dinner somewhere in Tamp... and now i'm bback..
K, so in refrence to the last post.... I must not be EMO! really... i am strating to have the motivation to look ahead and not hover much on small things.. Thanks Dickson for the encouragement....erm.. i guess it was an indirect encouragement.. k.. i will try my best also...
I honestly cant wait for this econs project to end..actually, i cant wait for all my projects and lessons to end..and of coz for exams to fly pass quickly...
k.. so MOTIVATION! i need it! and i will look forward!
.Saturday, January 19, 2008 ' 11:24 pm
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i am starting to feel emo again.. darn... this is bad...after many many many months of not being emo, the feeling is staring to come back.. i can feel it...
i dunno wad to say lo.. i cant say wads in my mind in case i offend the ppl.. and they are my friends.. at least i think they are.. hmm...
See.. my thoughts are even shaky about my friends... ok, i sound really insecure now...which is not good too..
k, i dunno wad i am doing now... writing rubbish.. really dunno how to explain also
ok, so this just came into my mind.. hmm. maybe its me who is the problem to all these and how my friends react...Could i be that irritating bastard? thats y i am not well liked.. or i am just too self-centered...darn..
maybe thats y sia...maybe thats y i cant keep friends for a long time.. they seem close for a while and then suddenly they start to fade away.... oh wells, maybe i am just meant to be like that... doomed as usual...
k wadever..
. ' 2:53 pm
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hey all...
I was feeling really sinck on thursday night man! i slept at 8pm.. thinking i can wake up after 2 hours and do some work.. unfortunately i when i work up, i was just so dead tired... i wrok up at 12+ again and talk online for a while and went back to sleep..
My stomach was really really hurting man! yah so i woke up at 10am the next morning.. and went to school for project and lesson.
After that, went to meet my mum at Suntec.. had to run some errands with her. so she came off work and met me.. then we went for dinner at the Sudanese restaurant downstairs..
k, today managed to wake up for prac in the morning.. Sight-read Overture Jublioso, Airs for Wind Orchestra, Amazing Grace and Glasnost... Oveture sounded good lol..haha... will see... then rushed for Electone prac.. the Romantic-era pieces are really nice lo... but difficult...
k, so my stomach gave me lots of troble the whole day today.. and so i'm not going for service and resting, sian.. have to go for west winds later...
Wondering if i should go for a haircut.. hmmz.. i have 20 mins to decide..haha..
.Thursday, January 17, 2008 ' 10:25 am
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hey all,
it thursday, i am now in school and super bored... suppose to meet my EWS group to plan for the project... Gene is sitting opposite me and we are still waiting for the other 2 girls..half and hour late lo!
ok i am zombie-ized now.. yest left school right after lesson.. and i agreed to take a bus with Halif from bishan.. since there was 59..he wanted to go to UBi... but instead we too 58 which was another long long long long ride..lol. and still i had t change to bus 59 after..lol.. k so finally reached home at 330..haha..and i ended school at 1!..
k so decided to rearrange my room again.. well its been a while since i did.. and a good time to clear and throw stuff too.. so i started at 4pm and worked my way through a whole rubble..haha... i ended at 130am..haha.. fully exhausted...a new change of positioning in my room. not too bad bah.. haha.. k.. will post more stuff later....
.Tuesday, January 15, 2008 ' 8:13 pm
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hey all
monday, Ng kept picking on me la...dunno why sia.. he kept giving illustrations of me and that guy.. eww....disgusting la...see la until ppl disturbing me liao.... Nth much to say abt his lessons other than that.. Stats was alright..Lecturer went like Speedy gonzalas and it ended early also.. Jian Hui thought it was a scam sia.. but he really let us off...
today, went early for the commentary exercise, to survey abt our lecturers and tutors.. so after had Accounts ICA2.. i really dunno how to do lahz...i will be happy with a pass man... So after, abt the 9 of us went to Yishun to Burger King for lunch. then headed back for BSA lesson. k, so lesson ended early also.. so i cabbed down to hai sing to help out with the band...
Everyone seem tired manz... oh wells... its a matter of time management de...seems like the sec 2 dint really learn their lesson that day, and attitude all over again...
k, i have a stats test tml, but i dun seem to have that urgency to study for it....ok, i mean i will will study it lahz.. but not so kan chiong abt it lo..
Have been a little restless in my spirit these last few days abt things..not sure why also. the days of my exams are getting closer.. i know they are impt... decisions... well, that means my time to decide my future is soon too... well, on the back of my mind i have decided le... but i am still sitting on the fence...i am hearing 2 sides of things and still i am afraid to take that step of faith... there is this recurring words "What if"... like 'what if it dosent work out?' or'what if finances dun permit u then'...and so on... how sia... ppl pls pray for me...if u need more specific, can ask me lo...
k, so dickson is going to the army next friday, lol, my tok cock buddy is going to the army sia.. haha... well thanks for being my best buddy, especially lately lahz... well he has been among the onli friends i have confidence to share and stuff with... gosh.. so mushy, no lah its not wad u think ppl! haiyo... yah thanks dickson! ur a great friend!
oh yah, i have yet to start on my exercise regieme also..hmmz... wonder when i am going to start also..lol..haha...
.Monday, January 14, 2008 ' 12:05 am
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hey all....
its sunday nite.. sat...lets see i overslept for Alumni Band, thanks to kai Ling, i woke up.. but to find out there was some problems with the administration in the school.. so heard the alumnis were totally upset and stuff.. sian.. its the first time with administrtion probs lo...
k, so i got ready and headed to school for the last day of open house... lahz.. as usual every thing was delayed... finally ended and i slacked in the band room for a while..i decided to change to at least to a white shirt.. which i am so happy i did...
i cabbed down to church... reached in time for the 2nd meeting... k so after the meeting, a bus took us to expo for the "multiple" course dinner.. haha.. the adults were already there... dinner was good.. and really really full after... and like i said i was happy i changed into a white shirt from my polo t... coz most ppl there were either in formal of semi formal... yeah.... so after went back with the Lun(s)...
k, so morning, woke up early again and met the cell at Burger King for breakfast... then we adjourned for service... Today was uncle vincent's adoniation service...So after service, dad fetched me for West Winds prac... stress la.. especially the Sinfonia singaporiana song..so difficult la.. i think Xue Li should play 1st bassoon for this song.. she seems like she is doing well lo.. haha...
k, so i rushed home after coz my grandmother, grand Aunt and uncle and aunty came for dinner.. another big feast... super full laz....
k this is important... i think i pissed a good firend off.. i really dint mean to... its a her.. and if i hurt her feelings, i am really sorri if i acted like a jerk k... i am doing this public apology coz i dunt want to ruin our friendship k...so if ur reading this, i am really sorri, i offer myself as a punching bag k..(but not so long k..haha...after my whole body become blue-black).. i really hoe no hard feeling k... and put it behind us k... pls....
l so school again tml. sian.. i am dreading school manz... its onli while i am in poly la.. k..maye i just dun like it and i have set my mindset to be that wAY. but i dint feel like that in sec school and stuff even though i had my probs there and i dint like it....
I need answers soon too.. for those who know, thanks for ur support and advice... though i am pretty confused about how i should make my decision.... coz i am hearing both sides of the story about what i should do too.
k So NYPSO has stopped band prac until march coz of the semester exams...
k will update soon... seeya...
.Friday, January 11, 2008 ' 10:20 pm
Leaving a lasting impression
hey all..
Open house today... I am super Shagged man! And no, its not what many of u are thinking.. haiyo...tsk tsk.. that guilty faces..... Anyway, i went to school and practically slacked in the band room... haha... and finally when it was time to go perform, we had to wait...
so we started late and i was feeling very hot and sweaty by then... k, so orchestra pieces first of Meistersingers and Phantom of the opera, then Wind Orchestra of Latin Gold, Pop Culture, Copacabana and Spanish fever...
The atrium is a totally bad place to play man,, u cant hear a thing,... its like 100 time worse than VCH in terms of echo... and all notes have to be played like 1/4 its value to sound "normal"... k so everything delayed and met JH,Mel< ZX and Eka at the lab to do project(and i thought it was my day off school).. k then we adjourn to Macs to eat...
So came home in the evening .. totally slept in the bus thoughout.. haha... k. so tml will be a long day also...
. ' 1:46 am
Leaving a lasting impression
Hey all..
woke up at 1+pm today! haha.. y? coz i slept around 5am playing my electone after logging off my comp. haha... i jsut couldnt sleep..
And so when i did... i woke up in the afternoon..yeah... so my mum asked me to go for lunch with her and my dad... so we went to "Coffee Express"
Then after, i went to Hai Sing to help the main band out... they are doing well and lots of potential! well done guys! just keep improving and u'll reach ur highest...
Just that u guys need to look out for ur sec 2 juniors k... they need a bit of attention too...both musically and discipline...
k so band ended around 6.. and i went to meet Dickson for dinner.. wah,.. we really couldnt think of where to go and eat lo.. and dint want to travel so far also... so we settled for Afganistan "restaurant" haha.. ok lahz.. not too bad the food there.
So if i recalled correctly, we sat there from 7plus. had our western dishes.. and dickson got otah also... and we left at about 11.15! haha.. k lahz.. we were chatting... not Bcoz i eat slow k!
yah so now at home. k so i am going to turn in soon.. coz i have an open house performance tml also...
kk seeya!
.Thursday, January 10, 2008 ' 3:06 am
Leaving a lasting impression
hey all..
today (wednesday) was a long day for me... slept around 2.30 last night... and woke up at 7am.. guess wad.. i took a cab again... haha i hvae been taking cabs to school everyday since school started last week..
so lessons started at 9am with stats tutorial... yea... k. so officially lessons will all end at 1pm today... but we had a Marketing Presentation which was pushed forward instead of thursday... saded and it was at 4... i was so restlesss the whole afternoon lo!...
k so after the presentation... went for band... had voting for the new committee... i really dint know how to vote! as in who to vote for...oh wells.. lets see what the current committee choose and say ...
k... so tml is a free day for me! wohoo! open house.. and not involved! haha... I will be going down to Hai Sing band to teach the main band... Then after likely will be meeting Dickson for dinner.
Oh yah! i realised i will be/have been going for 3 band pracs for 10 straight... haha..
last Sat(west winds), Sunday(west Winds),Monday(NYP),Tuesday(Hai Sing), Today(NYP), Thursday(hai Sing), Friday(NYP), Saturday(NYP & West Winds), Sunday(west winds),monday(NYP)..
haha,... thats a lot of band pracs ! haha.. k i am happy i have a break tml.. at least i get to go down to help out and do stuff i enjoy also.. haha... will update soon..
.Tuesday, January 08, 2008 ' 12:01 am
Leaving a lasting impression
hey all..
k shall blog now... These past few days have been awefully tiring and busy.. what a start to the new year...
So... School started on Wednesday with onli one lecture...there after, went with halif,Tim and Ila to fo up pur EWS project and prepared for the presentation at Woodlands library.. yupp.. i was so tired then already coz lack of sleep over the days b4...
And i was so eager to go back to Hai Sing that afternoon to see the band.. its been a long time since i went down... So i cabbed down with halif back to pasir ris... and Lol and Behold.... when i reached hai sing, cab fair being $19! i see my juniors walking out of school! WAD! i spent 19 bucks just to see my bassoon section off to the bus stop to go home! Yea i was a little pissed..but nvm...
k.. so THursday came and lessons as per normal lo.. and went home to prepare for my EWS presentation... Thursday batches apperentlly was not good .. all of them got 60% for their presentation.. so my group was the first the next day..
So presentation on friday was at 11.. but we met up at 9am to prepare... So the 3 guys came in Suits and ila in a vest.. and the presentation was superb! Guess how much we got... 100%!!!! wohoo!!!.... here is a picture of the group.. Tim, Ila, Me and Halif... Great job guys!
k.. so sat came and suppose to have Alumni band... and just to find out that it was cancelled that morning.. lol....sad..was looking forward to it too!.. so EeYan and Sabrina who were one of those who were there also went to white sand for breakfast.... then after i went home first coz i wasent going to stay in WS from 1130-4 and kill time there... After when to church ..... Left for West Winds Prac... Its been more than a month since Beautiful Sunday performance since i've been at prac...,so it was good.. i enjoyed myself also...
And guess wad.. i was like side-reading all the pieces.. and! the first piece of the day was Impressions of Japan... lol and my solos.. lol! K i gotta step up in my playing..i cant let them down!
So after prac ended abt 945.. had plans to meet with Marc, Lynn and Sam.. so Marc picked me up and we went to Demsy Rd... lol...supper high end place with a supper high end BEN & JERRY's! its really good and more expensive ppl! yup Sam had some of her friends there.. but they left after a whil...
I enjoyed myself but felt a bit funny for the first time with them..coz... Lynn had Bernard with her, Marc had Lin-Wei and Sam had Thomas with her.. and Me? alone that night... so there was an empty seat next to me.. lol... k.. it was nice to see them after a long while though.. Marc as usual with his funny jokes...
We dint stay put for so long and Marc got me home by 1.30am... thanks for the trouble.! so i got home and was online talking to Dickson i think.. yah...Was really comtemplating if i should go for sevice the next morning... sommore it was late already...and past 3 am.. i went to sleep..
And thanks to my buddy Dickson who gave me a wake up call.. i went for service with M2 cell..yup...And lunch at DTE after... so i went for west winds prac in the afternoon... this round i was really really tired.. coz i dint have enough sleep.. and i dint sound very good either.. Not to mention my cough has not improve since i got back to Singapore...
K so after, suppose to meet my family at some hotel for dinner in Clerk Quay... and then changed to Seafood at East Coast Beach.. ok lahz.. it wa a nice dinner... and when i got home around 12MN....i knew i had to chiong for my school report which was due at 12pm on monday... so i chionged and slept at 3am...
sigh.. another late nite... and met the group ppl at 10am to finish it.. School was boring though.. Econs tut and Stats Lecture... Had band prac in the evening.. prac the pieces for open house.. and after our break.. sight-read a lot of really nice pieces man! except 1.. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness... so sian with that song liao.. played it like so many times when i was in TPJC.....
k... so another 2 days till the open house...lol dun get me wrong like i am looking forward to the open house.. its because Business school does not have classes on thursday and friday! haha! that means a breack from lessons! haha..
k.. will update soon...
.Wednesday, January 02, 2008 ' 6:14 pm
Leaving a lasting impression
hi all i am back!
yup.. went to India.. some updates k
k... so my plane left singapore at 9pm with a delay... suppose to transit in bangkok to kolkata.. this was interesting... coz we were suppose reach at 10pm(thai time) and change plane which takes off at 11.... but our plane arrived at 1025! and moreover, the plane stopped outsid the terminal and we still had to take a bus in.. by this time our other flight as on final call already... with my mum and sis, we ran! and to onli find that our connecting flight was at the other end of the airport! we ran on the slippery floor and reached the check in counter 10 mins b4 take off... i rememebr swearing to myself that all this was just reidiculous.
k so we arrived in kolkata at around 1am(inda time) and we were worried that ourluggage dint come due to the short time connecting flights in bangkok.. but it came.. and finally i met Uncle Swapon and Aunty Anu(my grandfather's cousin and her husband) for the first time. and we took the car to our hotel...hotel was alright but for some strange reason we dint feel comfortable and i hurt my back...
Morning came and uncle swapon, uncle Shamal(my mum's direct uncle)and Rupa(his daughter) were waiting outside our room to pick us up... and we headed for our house(y our house.. coz it was bulit and co-owned by my late grandfather) haha.. it was awesome man! 2 story house with a open roof terrace on the 3rd floor.. really nice... 2 kitchens on each floor. 5 bed rooms downstairs and 7 rooms upstairs! that means there were 13 rooms!haha
yup and the vacity of the house is not that spectacular..not very clean either.. but there are 5 big houses in the district and my family's place is the mose reknown..wohooo..and have the nicest living space...
so we spent the day there and stuff... so we spent 4 days in Calcutta shopping and spending time with my family getting to know names and stuff..well in India, everyone has family names which are different for their real names.. so i address my family with their fam name. calcutta was really nice with temperatures around 12-14 degress... surprised? haha.. India is cold ppl! Some photos of us
(picture on the roof frm left- Rupa, uncle Debol, (some neighbour), my mum, Sriya, Guddu, Auntie Millie and me)
(addition of my sis, subtraction of my mum)
(yup so see the surroundings.. not well maintained but the trees make it feel really resort. the interior of the house is much better though..)
yah so on the 18th we took a train accompanied by uncle swapon and aunty Anu to Dehli by the prestious Rajastani train... everything was fine except that it was 17 hours long... darn it was super long... and so we reached Dehli on the 19th morning.. were brought to a hotel to stay and we went sight-seeing.. got a private diver to take us around...
(first stop: Bahai Temple...its in shape of a lotus and its for all religion to g in and meditate. yup.. we couldnt take pics inseide..but there were heavy marble benches inside to sit and pray)
(evening night view)
After tat, we went to this place called Asrumdum! it was totally spectacular! and there was super tight security, u cant even bring in ur wallet! so let alone we could not bring anything inside to take pictures.. but it was the most amazing thing on earth! even better than the taj mahal man!
during this time in Dehli it was about 6-8 degrees and we hand to wear thicker clothes ..
after that, we were brought to the India Gate. (my unglam pic at the India gate)
then we procceded to this mountain place to stay for 3 days, a 9 hour ride to the peaks of the indai border fro New Dehli.. we went to a town call Nanital. "Nani" the nam of a person, and "tal" meaning lake. yup.. stayed in a small boutique hotel... this a place almost untouched by tourists...
(hotel balcony view)
(another 'suai" pic of me)
(just so picturistic)
(start of a novel: As i sat by the sparling lake, with the smell of tobacco....)
(beautiful eh!?)
yup.. and guess wad if u climb up one of those mountains, u can see the Himalayas! yup! and thats wad we did... we took a cable car up.
(up at the peak of the mountain)
(simply breathtaking- himalayas- behind that is China/Tibet)
when we came down, we decided to do Boating in the lake (yup one of these boats)
(like a postcard hor.haha...)
(we stayed at the round balcony biulding.. we took the two rooms on the left on the ground floor) As u can see it was freezing and we had to use Parkas coz it was 3degrees to negative! during our boating ride, my sis put her hand in the freezing water for the full 45mins. and after the ride, she couldnt feel har hand! haha
After the few days, we went back to Dehli.. we took a day to travel to Agra with a private driver. First we went to this fort place....
and after, behold! the Taj mahal! (there was like millions of ppl there)
(walls of the taj)
(around the taj)
(building opp taj)
(family photo)
ok so that was the end of Dehli and we took the long train ride back to Calcutta... reached back on Christmas morning... So that evening, my mum proposed to have a christmas party on the roof terrace... and so a tentage was mde and decorationa and lights put up...my mum and some others went to buy food..
and just as the party was to start... BLACKOUT! ah!!! the town was using too much electricity that evening and some places when out! i suspected that Zouk, which was nearby was the cause of it.. coz in the papers the next day, they reported 65,000 people went to Zouk..haha
so we had a candle light party insead...so my uncle took out his harmonium(an indian version of the keyboard) and everyone sat close and had our really great party..
(uncle Ramu(mum's cousin) playing the harmonium)
(i attempted on it.. but was reayy funny.. difficut)
--finally the lights came on...
(am i glowing..lol)
and we and our last few days there....and took many pictures with the family.. well, i made a really good friend(relative) Guddu.. we hanged out practically througout,, he is 14 and but he happens to be my uncle! haha(mum's second-cousin) but he wanted us to be brothers instead..haha.. so u will see him in quite a number of photos here..
(Guddu and i on the roof terrace)
(mum and "mini-dida")[dida-grandmother] we gave her that name coz she is so small and mini.. she reminds me of sophia from howls moving castle! haha)
(pic with "Mini-Dida")
(the young ones! haha..from left- Guddu[14],Me, Sriya[17], sis, Papu[20]) technically all 3 of them are my uncles and aunties(second-cousins to my mum) but oh well.. we call each other by name..haha..)
(Guddu giving the strang grin)
ok so that was india, we left with family with tears behind.. and i literaly mean tears... they kept calling us every day after we left and one went into Imsomnia and my uncle Shamal was a bit depressed to see us go.
yup.. after the trip we went to Thailand for 4 days and met my Dad there... sent one of the days at pattaya and the others in bangkok.....
finally we came back on the 31st night....
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(song playing)
Who I am
I want someone to love me
For who I am
I want someone to need me
Is that so bad?
I wanna break all the madness
But it's all I have
I want someone to love me
For who I am
Nothing makes sense, nothing makes sense anymore
Nothing is right, nothing is right when you're gone
I'm losing my breath, I'm losing my right to be wrong
I'm frightened to death, I'm frightened that I won't be strong
I want someone to love me
For who I am
I want someone to need me
Is that so bad?
I wanna break all the madness
But it's all I have
I want someone to love me
For who I am
Hey!
I'm shaking it off, I'm shaking off all of the pain.
Breaking my heart, breaking my heart once again
Well I still Love Sergey Rachmaninov(Sergi Vassilievich Rachmaninoff) fan! yes!!
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i have more of his and other band pieces below..pls listen to them too!